Are you following me ???

I have been a blogaholic blogger for a few months and I am fascinated with the way I follow and am being followed. I have not done a head count but I must be following around 100 of my fellow bloggers and the latest score on followers following me is 184.

Okay. Why do I follow you? I am going to tell the truth because anything less is a lie. I suppose it is to get my face out there, be noticed, recognized and hopefully be followed myself. I like pretty things, a face, a blog design, a post design, great photographs and something different. Maybe it is something that tickles my fancy, a poem, joke, way out posts, quality of post that has a different slant. I also follow people who I think I can help in one small way or another.

Now why do you follow me?

Would you like to play a little game with me?

Would you like to now have the chance of some payback? For, after all, I have created a few disturbances in your comment areas?

The rules are very simple

a) There are no rules

b) There are no other rules

c) Rules a) and b) must be adhered to on all comments.
CHOOSE ANY OR ALL OF THE FOLLOWING CHOICES & COMMENT ON WHY YOU ARE FOLLOWING ME? PAYBACK TIME !!!

I am following you, Ralph, because:

1) I like your hat

2) I like where you live because it is nowhere near where I live

3)I like your blog but I don’t like you

4) I like you and I want to marry you

5) I am married but I still want to marry you

6)I am single and with you around I am staying single

7)I get bored easily so I come over to your blog and get more bored

8) My psychiatrist recommends this blog as shock treatment

9) I have had a bad hair day and I want to take it out on you

10) I want to know if my boobs are too big for this sweater

11) Other

12) Another other

Have fun, dear followers, have fun.!! I am off now to follow myself.

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140 Comments on “Are you following me ???”

I guess it’s the hat! I follow people because they inspire me, because they make me laugh, because they are totally different, and it is great to read other peoples stories. I learn a lot by reading blogs, get other opinions and enjoy some great photographs. But for you Ralph, it’s definitely the hat! 🙂

Hi Trkingmomoe. I had to google SASSY…..Adjective: Lively, bold, and full of spirit; cheeky. Synonyms: saucy – cheeky – impertinent – impudent – pert – forward…..that’s me but what’s all this old dude stuff?? You are funny. I’ll bring a fork and a plate next time I visit your blog. Have a lovely week. Ralph x

#12) another other: I am following you Ralph because your blog is named Blue Fish Way. Blue fish are the only of their species still in existence, or extant. Extant also means projecting. In psychology, one projects when they attribute traits of one person on to another in order to subconsciously manifest unresolved issues from a past relationship. A person like that has issues. Sometimes I myself give issue, in one way or another, but I won’t get into that. I’m being evasive. Another word for evasive is slippery, it’s just my way, especially when I’m feeling blue. Fish can be slippery… Hope that answers your question 😉 Sage

Hi Sage. Thank you for your very deep reply…..what are you talking about?? 😉 The name Bluefish came about as I needed a username for a forum. I had a wind chime mobile thingy with a big blue lattice fish on it. So I took the name and brought it with me to this blog. Nice reply though Sage. Take care. Ralph 😀

Hey Alistair. Hi & welcome. You said “He also said it’s because she has a other from another other”…….so not a bit of the other then?? I like your hat….it would go down a treat in London. Take care. Ralph

I only follow you Ralph to make sure you don’t do something drastic like move to a foreign country where you don’t speak the language, or hit on pretty female doctors, or be a hero to someone down on their luck, or find beauty in the simple. Those are the only reasons I follow you, George………umm Ralph.

As Humphrey Bogart said in the movie Casablanca “Of all the blogs in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine.”……and says “The Hat !!!!” Nia !! That’s 4 for the hat.
I am happy to read most of your comment. Thank you. Ralph xx

I’d like to say it’s the shock treatment one (just a good story to have at parties) but alas, it’s because you found my blog, and now I’ve found yours, and it’s a bit like waving at each other on a crowded bus. Will we see each other again? With a hat like that, of course I’ll find you again! Seriously, your writing is funny, and funny goes a long way. See you again soon!

Hello Heather and welcome to my bus heading in the general direction of over a cliff. All my lady followers are casting me aside, for what?…..my hat !! Payback in full swing. Thank you for your lovely comment and I will see you again. Take care. Ralph x

Well……..of your 12 possible answers, I choose #2!
But, adding my own #13 & #14 are because you are funny and make me laugh…but more importantly, I know there is a tender heart hiding (sometimes) under the humor and I want to know that part more, too!

Your comment, Denise, are the sweetest words I have read tonight (in Spain). Maybe I shall work on those lines for my next post, but no guarantees as I usually get an idea minutes before I start writing. But I will try my best for you. Thank you so much. Take care. Ralph x

Hello Elisa. I shall reply to both of your comments which I am grateful for. Yes. Hmmmm! I must admit you have a variety of boundaries which you seem to enjoy being at. But you do enjoy laughing which is good.. There are no rules to break in this post as it is open season on me. Take care Ralph x

Ok Ralph I had to think carefully about each question, this is important stuff. Well I love your hat, so that’s one, I don’t know you well enough to marry you so that’s an undecided. All the others are probably a no. I come here because (well you already know but…) You make me laugh, you write exceedingly well, you’re generous and kind hearted and well maybe number 10, now that I think about it! 🙂 Penny

Hello Penny. As this is really very important, you must read this very carefully and put it in your memoirs. Your sweater is TOO small to wear around here. I couldn’t see because my hat slid down over my eyes. If it hadn’t, I would have averted my eyes towards the mirror. I love your comments Penny. Ralph x 🙂

Good afternoon Ralph, definitely. I have already add certain items of import to my memoirs, one can’t be too careful with these things. I was fearful that the sweater was too tight, now it’s been confirmed I guess I’ll go buy a larger one now. Ditto on the comments, always a pleasure, Penny 🙂

Hi Ralph …. my answer is ….
no 3 but wait its No. 4 ….. oh i changed that is no. 6 (certainly lol …..) But over all, i follow your blog because your blog always make me laugh and like no. 8 … this blog as shock treatment for me …. :D. Have a nice day …

Ralph I read you because I never know what I’ll find but it will probably be a bit risque, very funny, and sometimes heartbreaking.
As for the hat, do you doff it for ladies, or does it stay clamped on rain or shine, inside and out!
If that question is too intimate, forget I asked.

Hi Valerie…don’t you remember? All those years ago when you asked me to keep my hat on. It was just for a day. Your saucy, cheeky smile as the priest threw me out of the cathedral for wearing my hat 😉 I never saw you again Venessa. Loved your comment. Hugs. Ralph x

Hi Diana. It’s nice to see you around here again. I must admit I have not been to visit you for a while. I shall remedy that shortly. Thank you so much for being a friend as I hope I am to you. #12. I wonder what that could be……the hat !! Take care. Ralph x

Hi Roxie…..now I could edit in a #13 and put there what I like. Could be interesting. Hmmm! I can see you are also very decisive in your comment…..all or none…it’s the hat!! I know it is!! Have fun and an exciting week. Ralph x

Hi dear Wendy…..you said that I’m nice…I love you for that. I have a feeling for the direction my followers wish me to go…….to Facebook!! And leave the hat!! No. Comedy. Wow, that will be hard but I will try my best. Hugs. Ralph x

Although I do love only your hat, and your accent it would not be enough. I follow only my brave warriors for I know it takes an uniquely passionate an courageous spirit to follow the likes of such an outspoken, controversial “Kalanian” like me, and with that being said I would not be wasting a second reading what people with any less have to say ;))))))))..

Hi Alana. …..the hat…say no more!! Yes. I am following you because I am proud of you. You are standing alone against a tsunami of ignorance, indifference and lies. As I said before you bring the truth and want justice for all that has gone before and is still happening in Turkey. I respect that trait within you. And I wish you well and success in your endeavors. Take care and I mean it. Ralph x

High Life….ooops Hi Life. Rant- speak in a loud and angry way OR talk nonsense. I hope your comment means the latter. OR you may have made a typo, instead of the “r” you meant a “p”. I wouldn’t go there if I was you. 😉 Yes. ….the hat!! Take care. Ralph x

Hello b&wc. I have a feeling that you have missed the point of this post. You are meant to say #4. I would say yes and this thread will be ended happily ever after. But I think that you are being polite and you are a #1 fan. Thank you so much for your really kind comment and hope you will have time to read some posts. Take care. Ralph x

Anyways :
Honestly, I follow you, because you're plain awesome. From your blogs and comments, I believe you're a man who's good in nature. I absolutely love your posts! Your humor is really that made me love it even more! & I firmly believe, we're going to meet one day! Yes =p Don't die, okay? I'll try to do the same! ;D

From number 3 onwards to number 10, I cracked up so loud that my sister gave me this weird look! LOL
If I have to choose from the numbers, I'd go with 1,2,10,11,12! Haha!

Stay blessed, live happy. Always a pleasure to read your posts. Since I noticed there was no new posts by you, it made me realize I should check up on you =p Found out, I missed them since they never showed up in my reader!

Hi Sarin. Late again! A woman’s prerogative I suppose. Thank you so much for your kind comment about me…….MEET ME !!….only to meet the hat. I know. Now about the sweater….no.. I am not going there…yet!! Have a fun weekend. Ralph x

Hi Ron. It was not only the message but the hat! And your other question. I suppose the easiest answer would be that I drove off a car ferry from Portsmouth UK 10 years ago. Have a great weekend. Ralph 😀

I like you Ron. A man after my own heart. Sharp. Or did it float ?? No, we like thousands of others had had enough of UK and came for the sun, sea, sangria. Well it’s raining, am in the mountains and I can’t stand sangria……otherwise it’s great here. Ralph 😀

Hi Ralph….I guess I will have to make a choice here—I’ve put it off long enough. My choice is either #11 or #12 (your choice..?!?!) because it’s strictly Dr. Seuss…..you know “…..One fish, two fish…Red fish, blue fish….). Actually, it’s because none of the other numbers excite me. **You have a nice hat, but form follows function…it’s really just a cover to keep the brain warm. **I DO like where you live (I think..??) but where you live has certainly not helped or hindered me in any way. **I like your blog (but it’s deathly slow to load..), and I don’t REALLY know you–after all we ARE exactly 6841 miles apart and I don’t swim that well. **Marriage..?? Sorry, buddy, you have the wrong kind of plumbing. **See previous line. ** You will probably end up married again so I am not certain if you would be an acceptable role model for me or not. **I DO NOT get bored easily; I DO NOT get bored easily; Did I tell you the one about… **Just because I exhibit a slight uncontrollable twitch does not mean I need shock treatment…which one of my doctors have you been talking to?!?! **I never have a bad hair day. Any day with hair…etc, etc. **My boobs may be too big for that sweater, but they aren’t too big for THIS sweater. Besides, what’s all this cr@p about size anyway??

Hello Howard. Wow, it’s been quite a while since you commented and I did miss your very SHORT words of wisdom. Have you been on walkabout ? I did say that there were no rules, so you could have made up your own choices, had a picnic or sky dived to comment 110. You have really thought about each choice and I understand your difficulty in making up your mind. Welcome back Howard. Ralph

Thanks Ralph….No walkabout here. Just family issues taking a bite out of my time. At the risk of sounding too maudlin—-the real reason I read your blog is for a dose of intelligence and wit to mix with my daily meals of everything else…easily provided by “the great unwashed..”.
Be well friend.

Congratulations Eliz.!! You are my 250th follower !! (I would like to thank all the other 249 for bringing you up to 250 🙂 ). So you have won my Star Prize. A visit from me to your blog for a blitz of LIKES !!
I will gladly accept #3 as my hat #1 was the favourite by the majority of commenteers 😦 Hugs. Ralph x

Reading one of your posts is like reading 10 of anyone else’s posts, but I do it because: 1) Like everybody else, I like your hat, 2) I HAVE to read your comments, and everybody has something to say, 3) My eyes get blurry by the time I get to #13 4) By the time I get to the comment box, I can’t remember the choices, so I have to go back and reread or relook at your article, 5) You left me candles, 6) It’s fun, 7) I’m amazed, 8) It’s interactive 9) You actually read everybody’s comments, and probably read their blogs, too, 10) You read my blog, 11) When I accidentally clicked on 11) that I had just typed it lit up yellow and said, “No results found”, so I’ll take that as a sign and stop. Seriously that happened! On this side of the world it’s midnight, and this is my last read of the night. Have a nice day, Ralph. 🙂

Wow Marsha what a comment !! I should stop just here as you like the hat, but your comment was so numerous in points that I must continue. It has been a while since I wrote the post maybe I should reread it, make my eyes blurry, press LIKE and go back to bed even though it is 11:30 in the morning here. You guys/gals seem to like to play with me on interactive posts so I will have to think of something similar for the next one. The candles are just for you Marsha as you have mentioned them before. Fancy getting a response of “no results found” especially when there are no links in the post. You do have a crazy computer !!
Sweet dreams. Ralph x

And that wasn’t even on my computer! That was my phone! Have a great day, Ralph. BTW I featured that blog post and your blog on my most recent post. I didn’t nominate you for an award since you are in a no award zone. Enjoy the referral, though. 🙂

I totally agree. I’m fascinated by him, and all his followers, and I have fun. He has a wonderful sense of humor. I wish him the best – even if I do like to tease him!!! 🙂 I’ll be following your blog as well. 🙂

I am quite new to your blog still, but definitely “diggin'”it. I dig the vibe of your writing, and yes, also because of the head-gear (is that a Panama hat?) looks as though it has a broad enough brim to give rides to at least eight squirrels at a time, which really wins me over- plus, I am reminded of Jack Hannah, or a character from PG Wodehouse. Is that really good? Not sure, but I dig it. Your blog really is TOO fun. And it is all because of our lovely Marsha Lee that I found this groovy place to hang. Cheers matie,

Hi Autumn Jade. Marsha is quite a girl, especially when unannounced she featured this post in her blog. Great idea, squirrel transport hat, you should see the size of my shoes !! I think of myself more of an Indiana Jones, but Jack Hannah is fine by me 😉 Thanks for coming over here. Ralph

Thanks for the compliment. I am borrowing some of these comments for my talk to Kiwanis tomorrow about blogging. I’ll give them back when I’m done. Anything else you want to say to the folks in CA? BTW If you mean Sons of the San Joaquin – Jack Hannah – he is a personal friend of mine. His dad, Lon, was a member of our little church in Ivanhoe, CA where my first husband pastored. At Lon’s 80th birthday the Hannah boys were singing, as usual, and came up with the idea, and they grew from there. We used to go to Joe Hannah’s restaurant every Sunday evening after church, and Lon would serenade whomever was in the restaurant with songs like “Sleeping at the Foot of the Bed.” So many, many, warm, lovely memories your comment brings to me, even if there is another Jack Hannah. There isn’t for me. 🙂

OMG. Do you know what you have done dear Gipsika ? It took me weeks to restore my self-esteem after almost everyone went for the hat and now look at me (not the hat !!). I give up !! 😉 hehe !! Big hug. Ralph xox 😀

#2 ~ because I used to live in Malaga and it makes me happy to read your posts! I like your quirkiness (that’s a compliment!) and your posts always make me smile ~ like this one! 🙂 Thanks for being you!

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